Camden beats Bellevue, remains unbeaten

BELLEVUE — The undefeated Camden-Frontier varsity football team maintained their spotless record on Friday night, downing the also-undefeated Bellevue on the road, with a 30-26 final score.

The Redskins trailed the Broncos 26-14 at the half, but emerged from the locker room to take the lead in two shutout quarters, scoring 16 points while holding their opponents to zero.

“I just told the kids we gotta trust the process; trust the system that we run. We pretty much beat ourselves in the first half, just penalties and some dumb mistakes,” said Camden-Frontier head coach Mark Long.

“There’s no need to panic, trust the guy next to you, do your job, and everything will work out.”

Hunter Fackler and Cale Lehman led the Redskins offensively on the night. Fackler carried the ball 98 yards over the course of 15 carries, with one touchdown to show for it. Lehman took the pigskin 210 yards across 34 carries with two touchdowns.

Jake Newell also contributed a touchdown for Camden-Frontier.

“Defensively, we didn’t make many adjustments. We had to find guys that’ll make plays. I told them that somebody needs to make a play,” said Long about the Redskins’ outstanding post-half performance.

“We caused a couple fumbles in the second half. And that was the difference in the game. We made them turn the ball over then we pretty much controlled the clock, running the football in the second half.”

Long said that, while the Redskins have up to this point maintained a perfect record, this win would define their season going forward.

“This is the program-turning win that we’ve been looking for,” he said. “These kids, they trust in me and our system and we needed a win like this against a really good opponent. This will hopefully be helpful to tell us where we want to go.”

The Redskins will have their first opportunity to move in that new direction next Friday as they travel to Burr Oak.

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